Luke 8:40-56

When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the crowd was very happy to see him. They were all waiting for him to come back. Then a man called Jairus came to see him. He was a leader at the Jewish meeting place. He went down on his knees at the feet of Jesus and said, ‘Please come to my house. I have one daughter. She is 12 years old and she is very ill. She will die very soon.’ So Jesus went with Jairus and a crowd of people went with him. They were pushing against him. There was a sick woman in the crowd who had lost blood for 12 years. She had paid all her money to doctors and now she had no money. But nobody could help her to become well again. She came in the crowd behind Jesus and she touched the edge of his coat. Immediately she stopped bleeding. Jesus asked, ‘Who touched me?’ Everyone around him said, ‘It was not me. I did not touch you.’ Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, there is a big crowd around you. Many people are pushing against you.’ Jesus said, ‘Someone did touch me. I know that something powerful went out from me.’ The woman knew that she could not hide herself. So she was very afraid. She came to Jesus and she went down on the ground in front of him. She spoke so that all the people could hear her. She said, ‘I wanted to be well again, so I touched Jesus. When I did that, I became well immediately.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Young woman, you are well again because you believed in me. Go now and have peace in your mind.’ While Jesus was still speaking, someone arrived from Jairus' house. He told Jairus, ‘Your daughter is dead. Do not ask the teacher to come now.’ Jesus heard what the man said. So he said to Jairus, ‘Do not be afraid. Just believe in me. Then she will become well again.’ When they arrived at the house, Jesus would not let everyone go in with him. He took only Peter, John and James. He also let the mother and father of the girl go into the house. All the people there were crying loudly because they were very sad. Jesus told them, ‘Do not weep. The child is not dead. She is only asleep.’ But the people knew that she had died. So they laughed at him. But Jesus went and held the child's hand. He said to her, ‘My child, get up.’ Then she became alive again. Immediately she stood up. Jesus said to her parents, ‘Give her something to eat.’ They were very surprised. Jesus said to them very strongly, ‘You must not tell anyone about what has happened.’